I recently made a trip to Dallas, Texas. While clearing airport security at my stop-over in Detroit, I accidentally spilled some of the contents of the tray containing my metal objects, namely loose change. So as not to disrupt the flow of the line, I quickly got on my knees and collected all the coins I could see within my vicinity and put them in my pocket.
When I got to my destination, I reached into my pocket, grabbed the handful of (Canadian) coins I wouldn't be needing during my stay and placed them on a dresser. There they sat for 10 days.
When I picked them up as I was getting ready to head to the airport, I noticed a couple of odd-looking coins. My immediate thought was that the taco lady in Detroit had ripped me off, giving me "slugs" instead of quarters. I have a bad habit of never even glancing at my change whenever I'm handed it.
Upon closer inspection, they were each a 2-Euro coin. Four Euros! I'm not sure how much that is, but I seem to recall that the Euro is worth more than a U.S. dollar and a U.S. dollar is worth more than a Canadian dollar. Ok, I just checked. My little windfall has netted me just about $6 Canadian. Not bad for five seconds work. I'm going back to the airport tomorrow. This time I'm going to borrow a metal detector from the security staff.
By the way, I'm not sure if this is true of every Dunkin' Donuts shop in the U.S., but the one in the Memphis airport has the biggest apple fritters I've ever seen in my life. They are no less than three times the size of our Tim Horton's equivalent. I'm not exaggerating. I bought one and was expecting to pay like $3 for it or something, but it cost me no more than a regular doughnut, whatever that was. Amazing! It took me about 15 minutes to eat the damn thing which was delicious, and it sufficed as my lunch. What a deal!
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
More from the Yahoo pool table
cueballs_with_stick: you snooking bastard
vinny_the_hack: You didn't try the same but failed?
cueballs_with_stick: lol
vinny_the_hack: You tried and missed the whole ball. Remember?
cueballs_with_stick: hey bro you aint gotta get all personal and have your period and shit
vinny_the_hack: Um, you tried to snooker me first. You got angry about me snookering you. You called me a bastard and now you accuse me of losing my cool?
cueballs_with_stick: chill out bro
vinny_the_hack: All I did was point out that you snookered first after you complained about it. Here's your sign.
*** vinny_the_hack's old rating: 1566; new rating: 1577
*** cueballs_with_stick's old rating: 1458; new rating: 1447
*** vinny_the_hack has booted cueballs_with_stick from the table.
vinny_the_hack: You didn't try the same but failed?
cueballs_with_stick: lol
vinny_the_hack: You tried and missed the whole ball. Remember?
cueballs_with_stick: hey bro you aint gotta get all personal and have your period and shit
vinny_the_hack: Um, you tried to snooker me first. You got angry about me snookering you. You called me a bastard and now you accuse me of losing my cool?
cueballs_with_stick: chill out bro
vinny_the_hack: All I did was point out that you snookered first after you complained about it. Here's your sign.
*** vinny_the_hack's old rating: 1566; new rating: 1577
*** cueballs_with_stick's old rating: 1458; new rating: 1447
*** vinny_the_hack has booted cueballs_with_stick from the table.
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Only in Canada...
Media Advisory - Historic First In Women's Hockey As City of Brampton Unveils Community Centre Dedicated to Cassie Campbell
BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 9 /CNW/ - The City of Brampton will celebrate the
opening of a world-class community centre named after hometown hero Cassie
Campbell, a three-time Olympian and former Captain of Canada's National
Women's Hockey Team.
WHEN: Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cassie Campbell Community Centre
Sandalwood Parkway and Chinguacousy Road
(Northwest corner of Sandalwood Parkway and Chinguacousy Road)
WHAT: Official Public Opening
Speeches and Ribbon Cutting at 12:00 p.m.
WHO: Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell
Cassie Campbell
Regional Councillor Paul Palleschi
City Councillor John Hutton
City Councillor and Chair, Community Services Committee
Sandra Hames
Johnny Bower, Honorary Peel Police Chief and former
Toronto Maple Leaf
Emil Kolb, Chair, Peel Police Services Board
Mike Metcalf, Chief, Peel Regional Police
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have to wonder why there will be so many representatives from the police department. Okay, I get it, now. It's so that my childhood hero, Johnny Bower, doesn't get mobbed. In the early 60's, I watched the man back-stop the Leafs to four Stanley Cup championships in six years. And if memory serves, he did it without wearing a mask. Cassie was good, too.
BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 9 /CNW/ - The City of Brampton will celebrate the
opening of a world-class community centre named after hometown hero Cassie
Campbell, a three-time Olympian and former Captain of Canada's National
Women's Hockey Team.
WHEN: Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cassie Campbell Community Centre
Sandalwood Parkway and Chinguacousy Road
(Northwest corner of Sandalwood Parkway and Chinguacousy Road)
WHAT: Official Public Opening
Speeches and Ribbon Cutting at 12:00 p.m.
WHO: Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell
Cassie Campbell
Regional Councillor Paul Palleschi
City Councillor John Hutton
City Councillor and Chair, Community Services Committee
Sandra Hames
Johnny Bower, Honorary Peel Police Chief and former
Toronto Maple Leaf
Emil Kolb, Chair, Peel Police Services Board
Mike Metcalf, Chief, Peel Regional Police
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have to wonder why there will be so many representatives from the police department. Okay, I get it, now. It's so that my childhood hero, Johnny Bower, doesn't get mobbed. In the early 60's, I watched the man back-stop the Leafs to four Stanley Cup championships in six years. And if memory serves, he did it without wearing a mask. Cassie was good, too.
My town is a hotbed of our national sport
So, what's the big deal? Nothing, really. Except that what few people may know is that hockey is not Canada's national sport. At least not our national summer sport. Heck, it wasn't even our national winter sport until sometime in the 90's when somebody decided it should be. What has always been our national sport until it was relegated to our national summer sport to make room for hockey is that oh-so-popular sport you see being played by Canadian youngsters in the streets and every vacant lot available was, of course, lacrosse.
For those of you who may not be familiar with it, the game is sort of like hockey, but instead of using a puck and hockey stick, you use a very, very hard ball and a lacrosse stick. The ball is carried in webbing on the stick and tossed among players until a shot on goal is feasible. The only other major difference is that players use much less equipment. This is because there isn't much body checking in lacrosse--they just whack you in your bare arms and legs until you scream "uncle" and relinquish the ball.
The goalie is an exception in terms of the amount of equipment he wears. Remember the very hard ball? He's allowed to wear the padding of three full-sized sofas so as not to deter his attention from keeping the ball out of his net--a net that is much narrower than a hockey net. He also gets a special stick with a much larger "pocket" than a player's stick. The amazing thing about this game is that anyone ever scores at all. The goalies look like grizzly bears who accidentally wandered into the arena and took up positions at either end as if they were playing for The Salmon Cup.
Below we see a women's lacrosse match--a much milder version of the game. Here, the girl on the right is executing a "just-letting-you-know-I'm-here" tactic, where she extends her arm completely resulting in simultaneous blows to her opponent's arm and head, almost dislodging her mouth guard.
The team-mate of the girl under attack is wistfully wishing she were a majorette and is just dying to twirl her "baton".
Below is the aforementioned grizzly bear, always ready to scoop up a passing salmon with his fish net.
Oh--I almost forgot. My town is on the verge of a lacrosse championship.
For those of you who may not be familiar with it, the game is sort of like hockey, but instead of using a puck and hockey stick, you use a very, very hard ball and a lacrosse stick. The ball is carried in webbing on the stick and tossed among players until a shot on goal is feasible. The only other major difference is that players use much less equipment. This is because there isn't much body checking in lacrosse--they just whack you in your bare arms and legs until you scream "uncle" and relinquish the ball.
The goalie is an exception in terms of the amount of equipment he wears. Remember the very hard ball? He's allowed to wear the padding of three full-sized sofas so as not to deter his attention from keeping the ball out of his net--a net that is much narrower than a hockey net. He also gets a special stick with a much larger "pocket" than a player's stick. The amazing thing about this game is that anyone ever scores at all. The goalies look like grizzly bears who accidentally wandered into the arena and took up positions at either end as if they were playing for The Salmon Cup.
Below we see a women's lacrosse match--a much milder version of the game. Here, the girl on the right is executing a "just-letting-you-know-I'm-here" tactic, where she extends her arm completely resulting in simultaneous blows to her opponent's arm and head, almost dislodging her mouth guard.
The team-mate of the girl under attack is wistfully wishing she were a majorette and is just dying to twirl her "baton".Below is the aforementioned grizzly bear, always ready to scoop up a passing salmon with his fish net.
Oh--I almost forgot. My town is on the verge of a lacrosse championship.
Sunday, 7 September 2008
Q & A's from around the web
how many months will i be wen i start showing?
It seems to me that you've already started showing it.
It seems to me that you've already started showing it.
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